Belgium can cope with World Cup expectation, says Hazard


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 05 Mar 2014

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard believes their highly-rated squad can cope with the weight of expectation being heaped on them ahead of this year's World Cup finals in Brazil.

"We have a lot of players who can deal with the pressure. We have young players too. We are used to performing at a high level under pressure," he told reporters on Tuesday as the squad prepared to take on Ivory Coast in a friendly international.

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